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Mainstream Still In Denial About The Dangers Of Vaccines
Date: 04/01/12
Keywords: Autism, adverse side effects, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gardasil vaccine, narcolepsy, Vaccination
You can imagine how the parents must feel after they've agreed to vaccinate their child based on the fact that doctors and nurses told them that there is no evidence that these injections can be dangerous.
That's just appalling and in my eyes even criminal!
It's these same doctors and so-called health professionals that like to portray anyone who disagrees with them as clueless, "anti-vax" loons who stubbornly refuse to understand how safe vaccines really are.
See, these "pro-vaxers" take great joy in any evidence — no matter how thin — that suggests there's no link between vaccines and autism, narcolepsy, CFS and much worse side effects.
Recently, I told you about 13-year-old Lucy Hinks, who had been in perfect health, had an excellent school attendance record and was among the top students in her class... until she received the cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix.
Just weeks after getting her third dose of the jab, in May 2011, she began to feel exhausted. By July, she had lost a stone in weight and since then has been sleeping for up to 23 hours a day.
It has now transpired that this lively young woman has developed full-blown chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), after receiving Cervarix. In fact, the paediatric consultant who examined Lucy recently said it was "quite possible" that her symptoms were due to a reaction to the vaccine.
No evidence of the dangers
You can imagine how the parents must feel after they've agreed to vaccinate their child based on the fact that doctors and nurses told them that there is no evidence that these injections can be dangerous.
That's just appalling and in my eyes even criminal!
It's these same doctors and so-called health professionals that like to portray anyone who disagrees with them as clueless, "anti-vax" loons who stubbornly refuse to understand how safe vaccines really are.
See, these "pro-vaxers" take great joy in any evidence — no matter how thin — that suggests there's no link between vaccines and autism, narcolepsy, CFS and much worse side effects.
A case in point is the latest news headline that read: "Autism Not Caused by Vaccines, IOM Report Concludes."
However, the news article starts by saying that, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), there's convincing evidence that some vaccines can cause some adverse effects, including seizures, brain inflammation, and fainting.
There it is, in black and white: seizures, brain inflammation etc...
What's the real deal
This news headline is clearly as misleading as the doctors telling parents that there is no evidence that suggests vaccines are unsafe... which as we all know is pure wishful thinking from the pro-vaxers.
In fact, the IOM report DID NOT conclude that autism is caused by vaccines... but they also didn't say that it isn't.
They didn't come to any conclusion regarding autism, however, after examining and comparing the side effects of eight different vaccines the IOM researchers DID link vaccines to seizures, brain inflammation, and fainting (as already mentioned).
Other risks included inflammation of joint membranes, pneumonia, hepatitis, meningitis, and encephalitis... No autism, as you can see, but PHEW, these other side effects are certainly enough to make me run for the hills. A child who could easily be given dozens of different vaccines in their first 20 years, if paediatricians were allowed free rein.
More to expose
One vaccine that was not included in the study was the seasonal flu shot. But I would guess it's very unlikely that we'll see the IOM tackle that one. For one thing, the evidence so far suggests that the flu shot has little or no protective value.
But adverse events? Oh yeah... we've got links!
Do a simple search on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and you'll came up with these surprising numbers linked to the flu vaccine:
And those numbers cover just one year — 2007.
So, pro-vaxers (that include all doctors and nurses) give parents the benefit of the doubt. If they look at all these numbers and adverse events, you can't blame them if they hesitate before putting their children through the full gauntlet of poisonous injections.
But that doesn't make them loons... just good parents.
Back to topJust weeks after getting her third dose of the jab, in May 2011, she began to feel exhausted. By July, she had lost a stone in weight and since then has been sleeping for up to 23 hours a day.
It has now transpired that this lively young woman has developed full-blown chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), after receiving Cervarix. In fact, the paediatric consultant who examined Lucy recently said it was "quite possible" that her symptoms were due to a reaction to the vaccine.
No evidence of the dangers
You can imagine how the parents must feel after they've agreed to vaccinate their child based on the fact that doctors and nurses told them that there is no evidence that these injections can be dangerous.
That's just appalling and in my eyes even criminal!
It's these same doctors and so-called health professionals that like to portray anyone who disagrees with them as clueless, "anti-vax" loons who stubbornly refuse to understand how safe vaccines really are.
See, these "pro-vaxers" take great joy in any evidence — no matter how thin — that suggests there's no link between vaccines and autism, narcolepsy, CFS and much worse side effects.
A case in point is the latest news headline that read: "Autism Not Caused by Vaccines, IOM Report Concludes."
However, the news article starts by saying that, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), there's convincing evidence that some vaccines can cause some adverse effects, including seizures, brain inflammation, and fainting.
There it is, in black and white: seizures, brain inflammation etc...
What's the real deal
This news headline is clearly as misleading as the doctors telling parents that there is no evidence that suggests vaccines are unsafe... which as we all know is pure wishful thinking from the pro-vaxers.
In fact, the IOM report DID NOT conclude that autism is caused by vaccines... but they also didn't say that it isn't.
They didn't come to any conclusion regarding autism, however, after examining and comparing the side effects of eight different vaccines the IOM researchers DID link vaccines to seizures, brain inflammation, and fainting (as already mentioned).
Other risks included inflammation of joint membranes, pneumonia, hepatitis, meningitis, and encephalitis... No autism, as you can see, but PHEW, these other side effects are certainly enough to make me run for the hills. A child who could easily be given dozens of different vaccines in their first 20 years, if paediatricians were allowed free rein.
More to expose
One vaccine that was not included in the study was the seasonal flu shot. But I would guess it's very unlikely that we'll see the IOM tackle that one. For one thing, the evidence so far suggests that the flu shot has little or no protective value.
But adverse events? Oh yeah... we've got links!
Do a simple search on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and you'll came up with these surprising numbers linked to the flu vaccine:
- * 2,980 hospitalizations
* 405 prolonged hospitalizations
* 260 permanent disabilities
* 797 life-threatening events
* 203 deaths
And those numbers cover just one year — 2007.
So, pro-vaxers (that include all doctors and nurses) give parents the benefit of the doubt. If they look at all these numbers and adverse events, you can't blame them if they hesitate before putting their children through the full gauntlet of poisonous injections.
But that doesn't make them loons... just good parents.
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